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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater. 2017 Aug 26;106(5):1672–1685. doi: 10.1002/jbm.b.33972

Table 4.

Prevalence of damage modes on stem tapers

Prevalence in %*
Couple Toggle Damage Plastic Deformation Pitting Corrosion Intergranular Corrosion Material Transfer Fretting Damage Films/Deposits
Co/Co 0 100 80 53.3 6.7 86.7 93.3
Co/Ti 27.3 100 0 0 63.6 63.6 72.7
p 0.024 0.99 0.13 0.01 0.003 0.13 0.12
*

Reflects occurrence within the subset of explants examined by SEM